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June 1, 2007
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It's Back to the Arbitration Board for PBA, City; PERB Official Rejects Union's Claim of Panelists' Bias
By REUVEN BLAU and RICHARD STEIER
The Public Employment Relations Board's Director of Conciliation May 22 rejected the Patrolmen's Benevolent Association complaint concerning the list of potential arbitrators and ordered the union and the Bloomberg administration to begin the process of choosing one to help settle their contract d... More...
Safety Changes In Subways Approved;
Union, 'Transit' in Accord
By ARI PAUL

New York City Transit and Transport Workers Union Local 100 have agreed on several safety initiatives in light of two recent Track Worker deaths, including having supervisors escort maintenance workers along subway tracks. Cheryl Kennedy, NYC Transit's Vice-President of System Safety, outlined va... More...

Spending Probe Of Day-Care Local;
Reports, Receipts Missing
By MEREDITH KOLODNER

The results of an audit looking at possible misuse of members' dues money by Day Care Workers Local 205 of District Council 1707 are expected by the end of June. The local was put into receivership by the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees on Jan. 31 due to "financial ir... More...


TWU Scrambles to Handle Loss of Dues Rights; Find Some Members Unwilling to Sign Over Payments
By ARI PAUL

Automatic dues check-off for transit workers will be revoked on June 1, and Transport Workers' Union Local 100 is fighting for economic survival. More...


Day-Care Challenge to Unions;
Demand Support in Contract Fight
By MEREDITH KOLODNER

District Council 1707 Executive Director Raglan George told hundreds of day-care workers assembled outside City Hall last week that they and other city labor leaders needed to step up their support if the union was going to win its contract face-off with Mayor Bloomberg. More...


CUNY Adjuncts Want Full Pay in Finals Week
By MEREDITH KOLODNER

Adjunct professors at five City University of New York colleges held a series of rallies last week aimed at convincing administrators to pay them for a full week's work in the final days of the semester. About 2,000 adjuncts at the five colleges receive a paycheck that is one-third lower than the... More...


 Editorial
•DON'T STIFF TWU ON DUES
Some political opponents of Transport Workers' Union Local 100 President Roger Toussaint have sent out flyers urging union members not to voluntarily pay their dues when automatic payroll deduction is suspended June 1. They offer several excuses for not contributing the money that would allow the... More...
•DIVERSITY AND FIRE PROTECTION
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 Editor's "Razzle Dazzle" Column
•Razzle Dazzle: PBA Squeezes, Kelly Hollers
There was a certain sour irony that at virtually the same time on May 21 that Police Commissioner Ray Kelly was venting his frustration over both the low starting salaries for cops and the delay in rectifying the problem, More...
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 Letters to the Editor
•Letters to the Editor: '372' Needs Mail-In Election
To the Editor:
The article about the lack of a democratic election process in Local 372 was excellent (May 18 issue). The 2,000 members who signed the petitions for direct mail-in-ballots to vote for the officers of Local 372 are courageous and desperate for a change in a local which has hindered the votes of me... More...
•TALES OF TOUSSAINT
•FELLOWSHIP OF THE ROG
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 Professionals' Column
•Current Pension Topics: Can Move IRA to Comp Plan
Q.: I just read your article about the New York City Deferred Compensation Plan, in the May 11 issue. I'm a Teacher with the Department of Education for 16 years. More...
•YOUR SOCIAL SECURITY
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 Civil Service Exam Stories
•CITY CORRECTION JOB REOPENED FOR FILING
Starting Salary $30,705; 1,500 Hirings in '08; Written Test Nov. 3; Need College or Military Duty
Filing has just restarted for an exam leading to Correction Officer jobs, the Department of Citywide Administrative Services said. Applications must be submitted by Aug. 15 for the latest round of filing. Individuals who apply by then will be eligible for the Nov. 3 written exam. More...
•Will Fill Jobs: CITY CERTIFICATIONS
•In the Public Service: ROUNDUP OF EXAMS LEADING TO JOBS
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